ह्लादिनी पावनी चैव नलिनी च तथैव च। तिस्रः प्राची दिशं जग्मुर्गङ्गाः शिवजलाः शुभाः॥ सुचक्षुश्चैव सीता च सिन्धुश्चैव महानदी। तिस्रश्चैता दिशं जग्मुः प्रतीची तु दिशं शुभाः॥
hlādinī pāvanī caiva nalinī ca tathaiva ca| tisraḥ prācī diśaṃ jagmurgaṅgāḥ śivajalāḥ śubhāḥ|| sucakṣuścaiva sītā ca sindhuścaiva mahānadī| tisraścaitā diśaṃ jagmuḥ pratīcī tu diśaṃ śubhāḥ||
English Meaning
And the three streams of the excellent Gangā of auspicious waters took an easterly direction; while the Sucakşu, the Sītā, and that mighty river the Sindhu flowed on the auspicious west.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)